Texas' Ken Paxton receives more news he didn't want to hear

[LetMyPeopleVote]

Ken Paxton needs to be disbarred and convicted of securities fraud. This asshole is running the Texas AG office as a political operation and making Barr look ethical

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https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/texas-ken-paxton-receives-news-didnt-want-hear-rcna50842?cid=sm_npd_ms_tw_ma

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was already struggling with a variety of serious controversies — the Republican is under indictment and members of his own team have made multiple criminal allegations against him — when things took a weird turn last week.....

All of this coincides with a brutal investigative report from The Associated Press, published last week, that highlighted the extraordinary dysfunction burdening Paxton’s office.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s staff this month quietly dropped a series of human trafficking and child sexual assault cases after losing track of one of the victims, a stumble in open court emblematic of broader dysfunction inside one of America’s most prominent law offices. ... [A]s Paxton seeks to fend off legal troubles and win a third term as Texas’ top law enforcement official, his agency has come unmoored by disarray behind the scenes, with seasoned lawyers quitting over practices they say aim to slant legal work, reward loyalists and drum out dissent.

The same AP report, which has not been independently verified by MSNBC or NBC News, found Paxton and his deputies have also sought to “turn cases to political advantage or push a broader political agenda.”

Republicans looking for evidence of politicized law enforcement shouldn’t be looking at the FBI; they should be looking at Austin.

As Paxton’s scandals mounted, and FBI agents arrived at Paxton’s door, I imagine there were some in his party who looked for an overly generous defense. Sure, these folks might’ve argued, it’s not great to have a state attorney general who’s also suspected of being a criminal, but the controversies shouldn’t necessarily detract from his overall record.

[walkingman]

1. How many ways can you say that he is not a decent person. VOTE!!

[UTUSN]

2. In most of my life, even after NIXON, I still accepted "loyal opposition" but now know

that I was gullible all those years, that the Repuke Party just doesn't believe in government - and now even worse, they don't believe in democracy.

[housecat]

4. or truth as long as they have an R by their name

[crickets]

3. Good grief. Vote him OUT. nt

[RayStar]

5. rotten

to the core. What makes him think being mean to people is way to go?